With 5 years old, I started to break down all the radios and a lot of my RC=
 cars trying to see how they work. Today I=B4m trying to see how a PIC work=
s with my 36 years old.
I think that every kind that wanted to know something, we must help with th=
at. A month ago my kid (5 years old) made me a question, "how this walkie-t=
alkie works, how transmit my voice throug the anttennas?", I couldn=B4t exp=
lain anithing about electromagnetics, but with somethig similar he understo=
od me.
Try with a hose and littles balls to explain about a current and voltage. T=
hen, make a little electromagnetic with a wire around a metal and so on.
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Pablo Ginhson> From: westfw@mac.com> To: piclist@mit.edu> Subject: Re: [OT]=
 How should I teach electronics (to a seven-year old)?> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2=
008 23:18:12 -0800> > > On Nov 27, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Sean Breheny wrote:> =
> > I think maybe he was concerned about putting leaded solder in the> > ha=
nds of a small child. I don't know enough about how easy it is to> > absorb=
. I think it is not really a problem for an adult but it can be> > very bad=
 for a child whose brain is still developing.> > Yeah; a lot of people who =
did it in the last generation ended up > becoming engineers!> > Children sh=
ould learn to wash their hands after handling potentially > dangerous mater=
ials. I'm pretty sure that's MORE than sufficient to > deal with the danger=
s of solder. (There are people who claim that the > lead scare in paints an=
d such was much overblown. After all, people > were proposing that kids wer=
e eating lead paint to cause problems, at > a time when every automobile wa=
s spewing burnt lead products into the > air.)> > BillW> > -- > http://www.=
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